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Search results: Cognos Analytics

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Omitting Run History on objects

In Cognos, each object (e.g. reports, report views) contains a property for number of Run History occurrences. The default value is 5. The value can vary from 0 (unlimited number of occurrences) to 999 (maximum value). It is however not yet possib...
almost 5 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Report views in Life Cycle manager

It would be very usefull to test report views in Life Cycle Manager, but on this moment report views are not supported.
about 10 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Abiliity to See Folder Name in Navigation Pane

When viewing a report/dashboard users can't see the folder names along the navigation pane. This is problematic because we utilize reports/dashboards as our home page along with multiple folders to select from. In previous versions of CA we could ...
over 5 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 Not under consideration

Report sharing functionality

Description of Request from customer: ""We currently have 100 Advanced Business Authors and end Septemberwe're going to add additional 50 Business Intelligence Users. This willprovide 150 users with content creation capabilities. The purpose ofthe...
over 10 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Add sortable dispatcher info to BI Admin Console job views (Current and Past)

Add dispatcher as a column to Current and Past Activities view. Add dispatcher to charts in Current and Past Activities
over 10 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Ability to show blank or custom string instead of #!Security in studios when accessing a secured Transformer cube

If a Transformer cube has custom views, and if some users are part of several custom views, there may be situations where users have rights to see some categories from some dimensions, but not the data at the intersection. In such a case, Analysis...
almost 11 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Transformer Data Source Signon loops when it should provide a detailed error message

Viewing the data in Transformer or attempting to build a PowerCube causes the Data Source Signon page to be displayed. User enters credentials and clicks OK. The signon dialog is displayed again and this loop continues. Requested Change.An error s...
almost 11 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Data Modules - Table Filters should also be copied when creating a View of the Table

Simple example, I have a generic standard time table in my data warehouse. My fact table, Sales, has multiple time linkages, the order date, the delivery date, the ship date, the invoice date etc... So I've create a series of about 3 dozen pre-bui...
over 5 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

View specified version history directly from the job for each report

When a scheduled job has not run, it’s too complicated to view the reason behind it. First you have to find out the location of the report (report path is not visible in the job). Next step is to go to the report properties and choose for “view ve...
over 5 years ago in Cognos Analytics 0 Not under consideration

Create save point (view) of a report that include interactive report actions by the user.

As a user, I would like to be able to navigate a report interactively and save the report as if it was a view and be able to recall it with the initial saved parameters.
over 5 years ago in Cognos Analytics 1 Not under consideration